shop floor???

shagy9888

shagy9888

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Ok bought this house bc of the shop it has, 26x36 I think. BUT the floor is not level, no where close. So I have come up with some ideas to fix that. But my ??? Is what kind of floor do all y'all like in your shop?? Smooth like a basement floor or the coating stuff from lowes or something else?

And if you have any ideas about may to make the building lever with the floor, am open to those. Its a metal building.
 
I don't get it,are your tool boxes rolling away??
 
You want a smooth shop floor. You can put one of those epoxy floor coatings on it if you want. But no broom finish. It will be impossible to clean oil and stuff off if it's a broom finish.
 
shagy9888 said:
Haha yes they are. Its bad
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bwahahaha sorry thats funny.
Can we get a video?

OK seriously, is it that the floor is uneven, or sloped relative to the building, or that the whole shope is on a hill and isn't level with Earth? If it's teh latter, that actually sounds liek it could be kind fun after some beer :beer:
 
shagy9888 said:
Yeah if you look at the roof its level but if you look at the bottom then it slopes about 2 foot from one end to other. I will get a pic
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2 feet? like from side-side or front-back? Is it for drainage?
Holy shitmonkey. WTF did the PO use this for?
 
He painted cars out of it I know but I have been told he sold drugs out the house. But he said he bought the building new and going to have the driveway paved and somehow it got paved and a biulding put on it will out it being level, how that happen I don't know haha. But he said he got it all half off bc of it. So now I got to fix it. I want the doors taller anyway

Side to side
 
Blaze said:
Entertainment apparently
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No joke.

If I had a garage with a > 5% grade to the floor, that looked level inside, I'd bring my buddies over, get 'em real drunk, :beer: then bet who couldn't push a 500 lb cart full of tools from one end to the other, or roll a bowling ball in a straight line. :lol:
 
RatLabGuy said:
bwahahaha sorry thats funny.
Can we get a video?
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That's all I could think of when I read the OP.I kept thinking of like Curly from Three Stooges pushing a Tool Box against the wall then walking back to the door to get another one and when he turns around BAM.The tool box he just put up is right behind him.Hilarity ensues.:lol::lol:
 
Wow....5% grade, that's pretty rad....

There would be several different ways to "fix" it, but if it were me, (and it's not), the best "repair" would be to scarify the existing concrete, (nothing serious, just enough to create a rough surface), and come back in w/ a new topping slab. For the topping slab, you'd need a minimum thickness of 2" or so, so that would leave you with a new slab ranging in thickness from 2" to 1'-8" or so, (you'd want to leave about a 1% grade front to back for drainage). I'd also add some wire mesh or rebar on the thick side for crack control. You'll probably need to work out the threshold detail to prevent a 1' lip at the door - I'm sure your truck could handle that, but if ever plan to bring a car in there - no good.

Keep in mind to, that concrete prices are pretty high right now. I would anticipate prices falling back around the end of first quarter '11 though.

Good luck.
 
shagy9888 said:
Yeah if you look at the roof its level but if you look at the bottom then it slopes about 2 foot from one end to other. I will get a pic
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:nopics: WOW! I don't know about pushing the tools around but I would drink a beer and roll the empty across for a larf.
 
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